java/serving/src/main/java/feast/serving/connectors/OnlineRetriever.java
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package feast.serving.connectors;

import feast.proto.serving.ServingAPIProto;
import feast.proto.types.ValueProto;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

public interface OnlineRetriever {
  /**
   * Get online features for the given entity rows using data retrieved from the Feature references
   * specified in FeatureTable request.
   *
   * <p>Each {@link Feature} optional in the returned list then corresponds to an {@link
   * ServingAPIProto.GetOnlineFeaturesRequestV2.EntityRow} provided by the user. If feature for a
   * given entity row is not found, will return an empty optional instead. The no. of {@link
   * Feature} returned should match the no. of given {@link
   * ServingAPIProto.GetOnlineFeaturesRequestV2.EntityRow}s
   *
   * @param entityRows list of entity rows to request features for.
   * @param featureReferences specifies the FeatureTable to retrieve data from
   * @param entityNames name of entities
   * @return list of {@link Feature}s corresponding to data retrieved for each entity row from
   *     FeatureTable specified in FeatureTable request.
   */
  List<List<Feature>> getOnlineFeatures(
      List<Map<String, ValueProto.Value>> entityRows,
      List<ServingAPIProto.FeatureReferenceV2> featureReferences,
      List<String> entityNames);
}
